How pupils risk lives for a brighter future 15 March 2021 - 07:47
At the crack of dawn, more than two dozen pupils from Waaikraal farms near Delmas in Mpumalanga are getting ready for a gruelling 10km to 22km walk to catch a bus to school.
The debilitating journey along a rutted gravel road takes the pupils into dark and dangerous farmland bushes which they must navigate on their own or hitch a hike from strangers to get to the bus stop on time.
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Old Testament scholar becomes secretary of biblical commission
Sister Calduch-Benages earned a bachelor s degree in theology from the Pontifical Urbanian University in Rome Catholic News Service Updated: March 12, 2021 07:05 AM GMT
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Sister Nuria Calduch-Benages, an Old Testament scholar and professor at Rome s Pontifical Gregorian University. (Photo: Romasette)
Pope Francis has named Sister Nuria Calduch-Benages, an Old Testament scholar and professor at Rome s Pontifical Gregorian University, to be secretary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission.
The Spanish member of the Missionaries of the Holy Family of Nazareth is the first woman to hold the position, which involves coordinating the work of the 20 biblical scholars from around the world who study topics in Scripture studies and interpretation on behalf of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
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March 12, 2021
BEIJING: India dreaming to become a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) but it is wantonly violating its resolutions, so it has no qualification to be a permanent member of the UNSC.
These views were expressed by Cheng Xizhong, Visiting Professor at Southwest University of Political Science and Law and Chinese diplomat in South Asian countries in a statement here Thursday. He said Kashmir is an internationally recognized disputed area between India and Pakistan, which is determined by the UN Resolution of August 13, 1948, the resolution of the UN Commission for India and Pakistan of January 5, 1949, the Simla Agreement of July 2, 1972 and other documents accepted by India and Pakistan.
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Mar. 6—GOSHEN — Philip Metres, a poet, translator, scholar and Guggenheim Fellowship winner and author of "Shrapnel Maps," will present a virtual GC Talk, sponsored by the SA Yoder Lecture Series, titled "The Place Where Peace and Justice Meet in Palestine/Israel." The Goshen College program is at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 9. Watch at https://youtu.be/MIQYYBoIItI (c)2021 The Elkhart Truth .